A while in the past a good friend poured this Kavalan Solist at a tasting. It’s a single Oloroso sherry cask, bottled just a few years in the past and solely out there in Europe.
Generally these Solists are secure bets in my view. Kavalan has some wonderful sherry cask suppliers and so they know methods to recreate their trademark model yr after yr. Then again I discover a little bit of fatigue: since I attempted my first Solist sherry again in 2013, they’re typically so comparable that I’m much less inclined to trace them down, assuming there can be no actual discoveries any extra. Do you acknowledge that?
Kavalan Solist – Oloroso Sherry Cask 2017 (53,2%, OB 2022, ref. S170425045D, 214 btl.)
Nostril: juicy cherry jam, prune and bramble, in addition to loads of goodies with raspberry ganache. Orange juice. Then some mossy notes, mild herbs and lightweight tobacco. Fairly basic markers – completely in step with different Solists. Elegant hints of cigar bins full the profile.
Mouth: robust, with extra of those basic Oloroso notes. Plums, blackcurrants, cherries. Hints of strong cognac. Then the polished wooden seems, with extra cedar, in addition to clove and aniseed. Walnuts. Good candy and bitter steadiness.
End: lengthy, now decidedly chocolate-y.
That is fairly exemplary relating to Kavalan or high quality sherry generally. A tad tough and sturdy maybe, however a completely faultless sherry bomb. They’ve actually perfected this model at Kavalan. This jogs my memory I ought to attempt another sherry kinds from Kavalan (Amontillado and Manzanilla), let me monitor them down for a follow-up tasting.
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